Challenge accepted. Never cave Terry. ✊

📝 In 1993, following the end of the First Palest!nian Int!f@da, and leading up the Oslo Accords, Michael Jackson wrote a poem for Palest!ne. It was written on two-pages of a British Airways Concorde stationary pad and sold at auction in 2010 for $10,240 USD.

🎶 Given Michael’s global influence, if he had released the song publicly, it could have brought massive awareness to the Palestinian cause—something that powerful interests in the music industry and media might not have wanted.
#music

This is Mahmoud Khalil. He graduated from a leadership program at Columbia University in December, and is still in university housing. He's married, and his wife is eight months pregnant. Mahmoud is passionate about education, and has had a variety of jobs involving education and disadvantaged youth. He's particularly interested in creating programs that help educate out-of-school youth in developing countries.

Mahmoud has a green card. He is a lawful, permanent resident of the United States. Remember that, it's going to be important in what's about to happen.
Last night (Saturday) as Mahmoud and his wife walked into their university-owned apartment building, two men in plain clothes slipped in the door behind them.

The men claimed they were ICE agents. They also claimed that they had a warrant for Mahmoud's arrest on their phone, and that his student visa was being revoked.
Reminder: Mahmoud has a green card. He's no longer on a student visa.
Mahmoud told them he had a green card, and his wife went up to their apartment to get it. When she returned, the agents, confused, made a phone call where the agents were told "we're revoking that too."
The agents refused to give Mahmoud's wife a reason why he was being detained. When Mahmoud's lawyer called, ICE refused to say why Mahmoud was being detained and that his "student visa was revoked." When the lawyer (again) pointed out that he had a green card, ICE representatives said that also would be revoked.

You may be wondering, "Hey, isn't it illegal for ICE to come onto private property -- the university -- without showing a warrant to the university for the arrest? Wouldn't the warrant necessarily say something about why he was being arrested?"

Great question. Columbia University has publicly said that ICE requires a warrant to enter non-public areas of campus (like housing), but also as of the moment has refused to answer whether ICE contacted them before slipping into the apartment building behind Mahmoud and his wife.
Meanwhile: Mahmoud has been sent to a for-profit prison in New Jersey with no official charges.

Nevertheless, we know why Mahmoud was arrested.

Mahmoud has been involved in peaceful protests at the university, asking that the school stop investing in weapons manufacturing and, in particular, that the school stop investing in companies that are helping to fund the killing of people in Gaza.

So, just to make this very clear and simple: A lawful, permanent resident of the United States has been arrested for exercising his freedom of speech.
The US government doesn't like some of his OPINIONS and so they have arrested him and are making plans to deport him.
Maybe you don't like Mahmoud's opinions. Maybe you don't agree with him. Fine. But the point is: the US government is arresting LEGAL IMMIGRANTS -- PEOPLE WITH GREEN CARDS -- for *exercising their freedom of speech*.

This is not the behavior of a nation that is the "land of the free and the home of the brave." It's an act of profound cowardice and an arbitrary and cruel exercise of power.

ETA: Mahmoud's wife, an American citizen, attempted to see him at the New Jersey facility today and has been told that he's not there. His lawyer says he may be as far away as Louisiana, but the point is this: he's now not only been "detained" without charges, but neither his wife nor his lawyer know where the US government is holding him.

Here is the petition:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-the-immediate-release-of-columbia-student-pro-palestine-advocate-mahmoud-khalil-from-dhs-detention?source=direct_link

#mahmoudkhalil #palestine #freepalestine #ice #racism #immigration #columbia #trump #fascism #prison #freespeech

The song "The Day the Nazi Died" was created in the early to mid-1990s, a time when Chumbawamba was actively involved in the anarcho-punk movement and expressing their political views through music.

The song was a direct response to the emergence of pro-fascist rallies and groups that seemingly capitalized on the death of Rudolf Hess, a high-ranking personal aide to Hitler, and deputy party leader of the Nazi Party until 1941.

Don’t forget about those who are most in need this Ramadan. Visit bit.ly/thesunoffreedom to help feed 300 families in Gaza.
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Karim Bettache is an Assistant Professor for the Faculty of Social Science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Him and Dimitri Lascaris raise an important question: who, in reality, are the most propagandized people in the world today?

A recent study published in Nature Medicine found that the concentrations found in the brain tissue of normal individuals, with an average age of around 45 to 50 years, were 4,800 micrograms per gram. “That's equivalent to an entire standard plastic spoon”. #microplastics #brainhealth

Linton Kwesi Johnson OD (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, British-based dub poet and activist. In 2002, he became the second living poet, and the only black one, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. #LKJ #ska #reggae #music #fightfascists

Norwegian artist Ida Bjerkeskaug. Amazing 😂 #trump #elonmusk #tesla #america #fascism

Projected onto Tesla's Gigafactory in Berlin. By Led By Donkeys (UK) and Center for Political Beauty (Germany)

KKK wasted no time! This is our next 4 years.. unless we do something https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kkk-kentukcy-flyers-immigrants-leave-b2683957.html #kentucky #trumpsamerica #tiktokrefugee

Look up “the ratchet effect”. Biden never protected dem0cracy. He’s a full-throated fluffer for American fascism. And now we have to deal with another bad sequel, possibly forever? Let me off of this thing. LET ME OFF! #trump #biden #totk #revolution #classwar

As a #tiktokrefugee and artist, this is my 1st post on #mastadon. Let’s all celebrate down at the Oligarchy. Try the unlimited wealth inequality, the all-you-can-lie media buffet, or just sit back and watch our imperialist chickens come home to roost at one of our 68 free-range tax payer funded swine city locations. Limited air supply, while environments last. #olivegarden #jeffbezos #billgates #elonmusk #markzuckerberg #trump #barackobama

TikTok ‘Goes Dark’: TikTok App Taken Down in the US Plus How to Regain Access

The TikTok app has been taken down from app stores in the United States, and the application is no longer available for download. Here's how US users can try to regain access to TikTok.

#TikTokBan #TikTokRefugee #TikTokShutdown #TikTokUSA #ManiaNews #Tech #TechNews

https://mania.africa/tiktok-goes-dark-tiktok-app-taken-down-in-the-us-plus-how-to-regain-access/

The 4 main apps in the Fediverse to replace all the apps we want to boycott. #tiktokrefugee #pixelfed #peertube #lemmy #loops

January 19th, 2025
According to sources from Aljazeera Red Cross, has entered the Israeli Ofer prison to retrieve the 90 Palestinian women and children who are set to be released from the regime.

In addition, the three hostages from Hamas have been delivered and are currently on their way to be medically evaluated.

Source: Aljazeera.com
As always, Free Palestine!

#Palestine #news #Gaza #FreePalestine #tiktokrefugee